Safety watch-carrying device.



No. 667,!8l, Patented Feb. 5, I90l.

..J. BEEBE. SAFETY WATCH 'GARRYING DEVICE.

(Application filed Feb. 26, 1900.]

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JENNIE BEEBE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNORISTIAN' HAAG, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY WATCH-CARRYING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,181, dated February5, 1901.

Application filed February 26, 1900. Serial No. 6,632. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE BEEBE, of the city of Los Angeles, in thecounty of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new andImproved Useful Device for Preventing a WVatch from being Jerked Out ofor Falling Out of the Pocket of the Nearer, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description or specification, reference being hadto the annexed sheet of drawings and to the letters marked thereon.

My invention, which relates to a new and improved device to be worn inthe pocket of a person carrying a watch, with the object of preventingthe said watch being jerked out of the said pocket or from falling outtherefrom in the event of the wearer being thrown to the groundsuch, forexample, as from off a bicycle or on being thrown out of a carriage orother vehicle-consists of a circular retaining-spring device which isprovided with hooks by which it is fastened into the lining of-thepocket by the hooks of the device being caught into the lining ofthepocket, as hereinafter described. The spring parts of the device arepreferably covered with chamois-leather or other soft flexible material,such as silk or other kind of leather, the kind of material used forcovering the device not being an essential part of this invention.

The device is so shaped and of such a size and it is so constructed thaton pressing the watch down into it when the device is in the pocket ofthe wearer the spring structure of the device permits it to yield to theinsertion of the watch and to hold the watch firmly therein, while whenit is desired to withdraw the watch the spring device yields to the actof pulling upon the watch-chain or other attachment, thereby allowingthe watch to be removed when necessary to observe the time, butpreventing the watch from being thrown out of the device by accidentaloccurrence.

On the annexed drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the springdevice constituting this invention without the covering of leather orflexible material thereon. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig.3 is a plan of the same. Fig. eis an elevation of the device, showingthe flexible covering thereon.

In Figs. 1, 2, and3 the flexible mainspring part of the device is markedA. It is formed with two sides, as shown, which are connected togetherat the top by the two loops B, which are wide enough transversely toallow a watch to be pushed down into the device, and not being connectedtogether longitudinally the device yields in the direction of the arrowsshown in Fig. 1 to the diameter of the watch when being forced or pusheddown into the device. Upon one side of the device there are carried twosprings O, which are soldered to one of the rings A, as shown moreparticularly at D, Figs. 1 and 2. The springs are formed withupwardly-projecting hooks E and downwardly-projecting hooks F. Theupwardly-projecting hooks E are longer than the downwardly -projectinghooks F, and these upwardly-projecting hooks E when the device is placedin the pocket are first caught into the lower part of thelining of thepocket, after which the device is pulled upward to some extent, and theupper hooks F are then caught into the upper part of the lining of thepocket, so that the device is held in the ,7 5 pocket by the hooks E andF being caught into the lining thereof. For the purpose of facilitatingthe catching of the hooks E and F into the lining of the pocket thesehooks are formed to project slightly outward at an angle, as shown moreparticularly at Fig. 2, and when the device is covered with chamoisskin,leather, or other flexible material the hooks E and F project outsidethe chamoisskin, leather, or other flexible material, as shown at Fig.4:, and the flexible material, as indicated by the shade-lines at Fig.4, is put on sufficiently loose to allow of the spring device and itsflexible casing yielding to the watch when being placed therein or beingtaken thereout, while the retaining action of the spring device securelyholds the watch within itself at other times.

Having now described the nature of my said invention and the bestsystem, mode, or manner I am at present acquainted with for carrying thesame into practical effect, I desire to observe, in conclusion,that whatI consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as theinvention to be secured to me I00 by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The circular spring device consisting of the device into the liningof a watch-pocket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I, the said JENNIE BEEBE, have hereunto set my handand seal, this 26th day of January, A. D. 1900, at Los Angeles,California, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JENNIE BEEBE. [L. 8.]

Witnesses:

ST. JOHN DAY, JOHN SATTERWHITE.

